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Historical Event on 2/5/1992
Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1997 | 10 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 10/25/1989 | P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
| 10/26/1999 | The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case. |
| 8/28/1879 | Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz. |
| 8/28/1879 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 6/3/1999 | Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises. |
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